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Catching breath and assessing

J-Term has come to an end. It has been an interesting month. This past week has been an especially interesting juxtaposition of experiences. Last weekend I spent 48 hours with 20 high school students at a Winter retreat. We had some God moments, and some great fun times playing broomball and dancing. On Tuesday i found out that a woman in our church was killed by a car that ran up on the sidewalk and struck her. She leaves behind twin 7th graders, one of which is in my catechism. I met with her and the family Wednesday afternoon and then taught catechism that night. We had a moment of silent prayer. I’ve never heard that group of 150 people be so quiet.

Then yesterday I spent eight hours writing my final paper for the J-Term class. I finished just in time to have dinner and meet with the High School Leadership Team.

Tomorrow we have the funeral, the Saturday night service, and a Catechism Small Group Leader Huddle afterward.

Sunday will be the normal routine: 3 services, band practice, and youth group.